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cal memorandum of every occurrence, both in the 

 purchase, and subsequent treatment, "knd let the 

 groom subscribe his name to it. A case is clear 

 enough in the month of March, but if the cause is 

 not tried till July, half the circumstances are forgot- 

 ten. The most trivial inaccuracy is fatal in a horse 

 cause : nothing should be omitted ; his diet, his exer- 

 cise, his grooming, every thing that can prove due 

 attention to have been paid to him, should be care- 

 fully noted down, while all is recent and memory 

 awake. It is useful to make the servant sign it, for 

 I have known instances where the man has been dis- 

 charged in the interim, and produced afterwards as a 

 witness /or the dealer^ and a most useful witness, too. 

 Half a guinea will do wonders in making a good wit- 

 ness of a discarded servant. 



In all questions arising upon a warranty this 

 principle must be borne in mind ; the horse must be 

 returned in the same state and condition in which he 

 was received, except so far as the disease for which 

 he is returned may have deteriorated him ; as for 

 instance, if the knees are broken by a fall, and the 

 fall was occasioned by chronic lameness, the blemish 

 is no bar to his return : but except in cases ejusdem 



